I threw the main colour blocks onto the Carabiniers. They'll look better that way while I sort the horses.

Now the horses do need sorting. I keep experimenting with the horses in the smaller scale and with these I wanted to start brown and gradually darken them with a series of black washes.

My normal black of choice is an acrylic ink so I chose a red- brown ink to start the horses. It was sold to me as an acrylic but it certainly didn't behave as such. A day later it was still wet. So much for drying to waterproof if it doesn't dry. Anyway, a quick dip under the tap and the ink flushed away. I now have four red-brown tinged greys. The black ink bottle will be out very shortly and it will be a black base washed with brown. ( He's trying something different yet again).